I'm going to keep this one simple. At this point in the season, I like what I see from Juuse Saros more than what I've seen from Arturs Silovs. Throw in the home ice advantage for the Preds, and it adds up to playing the Nashville ML here.

Not often do cite TNT's Paul Bissonnette, but Biz hit the nail on the head a couple of nights ago when noting the Canucks seems to be playing with less reckless abandon as they did in the regular season, perhaps more concerned with building a moat around goalies Casey DeSmith and Arturs Silovs with Thatcher Demko out. Nashville has been outskating the Canucks for most of this series and pulled out a clutch comeback 2-1 win on the road in game 5 to stay alive. Juuse Saros performing well enough in goal, and if not for a few moments of madness late in Game 4, the Preds could be the ones looking to sew up the series tonight. Play Preds on Money Line

This is really when we are so limited in NHL betting options. Vancouver +1.5 is a ridiculous -250. Would like to bump up the total a bit as well. But we'll roll with the more accomplished goalie (Juuse Saros) at home in a must-win game. Just can't believe he would lose a third straight at home, and Saros played great in the first two except for late in the third and early in OT of Game 4. In reality, the Preds should be up 3-2 and not down. In the past three games, Nashville has outnumbered Vancouver in both shots on goal and shot attempts. That's a positive sign.